Faucet.



UNITED- STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN J. FITZGIBBON AND JOHN M. TRAVIS, F ST. LOUIS, MISSfilURI, ASSIGNO'RS TO MULTI PLEXFA-U'OET' COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

. FaUoE'r.

No: on 1,000.

Application filed October 2, 1907. Serial No.- 395,579.

To all whom it may, concern:

7 Be it known that we, JOHN J. FITZGIBBON ,and JOHN M. TRAVIS, citizens of the United States,'residing at St; Louis State of Missonri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Faucets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,

reference .being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part'hereof.

Our invention has .relation to improvements in faucets for carbonated beverages; and it consists in the novel details of construction more fully set forth in the specification and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawingsFigure 1 is a sectionof a refrigerator showing our invention ap lied there'te Fig. 2 is a combined vertical e eva tion, and. section on the line. 22 of Fig. 3.; Fig- 3 aa t plan. view wit opera ing lever as shown e. in central position; Figt a.

horizontal. sec io on line 4.-4 of; Fig. 2,.

looking u 1; Fig. 5' is a similar view showing the,- opera ing lever swung to proper position for, depressing but one of the valves; Fig. 6 is a. crosssection on the line 66 of Fig. 4, looking in the direction of the straight arrow; Fi 7 1s a detached elevational view'of the v ve; and Fig. 8 is an enlarged sectional detail showing the Gap-Piece of the valve and so the acking nng beneath the cap-piec T. e. resent invention is a improvement onthe aucet shown and described in United States Let ers Patent No- 8.3 Q ;9 is ue tov us. under date of Sept. 18., 19,06. In tha case, (as i the pre ent one) provision was. made to con rol the di erent. alves by a operating lever; and while in the patented faucet a movement of the lever in a vertical .lane was necessary to actuate the cap onated-water-controlling valve only, as against a movement in a horizontal plane to actuate the syrup-controlling and carbonated-water-controlling valves conjointly, in the present improvement a movement in a distinct plane for singling out the controlling valve is not necessary; This is a distinct improvement as it relieves the device from complications not desirable in practice. p so In the present invention the operating lever: is always oscillated in a sing e plane freferably horizontal), being swung in one direction to actuate the syru and ater valves jointly, and an opposi e direction. as (but. in. the. same plan to actuate the. water Specification of Letters Patent.

' syrup,

water- Iatented. Jan. 26, 1909.

valve onl- Thus a distinct object is herein attained in that'it dispenses with the necessity of singling out the water valve and of imparting a vertical movement to the operating lever.

I A further object of ourinvention is to "insure a uniform supply ofsyrup for each glass of beverage dispensed.

In detail the invention may be described as follows:

Referring to the drawings, R, represents a section of a refrigerating tank in which is placed the syrup can C discharging preferabl from the bottom through a spout a contro led by a valve b, the latter resting, when the can 0 has been placed in its receptaclecl, upon a bridge-piece e spanning the o ening of the Sy up-supp y pip 12 eadi g o n he rec ptacle, to the ody r. c i g o he. f u e The valv is. limited n s move..-

mentt opposite di ec io by a strap;

which arr ste'tihe alv wh n, he an righted in the act of filling (the can being withdrawn from the receptacle d and turned right side up when being filled). The can when filled and turned upside down, allows the valve 1 to seat itself to prevent escape of the syrup, the valve being unseated suffi; ciently to allow for the necessar flow of the by contact with the budge-piece c. This feature however old and common in many a an. ex mple o h h. may be me ion d he W lt. ho ev r ref r ed o he ein o. i lus ate how provisions made for. a c an and uniform quantity of syrup to be delivered to the faucet? This quantity is represented by the contents of" the chamber it formed between the bottom of thereceptacle d and the adjacent end wall of the can,the contents being utilized for each drink dispensed. Ei'itering the casting 1 through the rear wall thereof is the carbonated-water-supply pipe shown broken off inFig; 1, the pipes passlug-through a shield or fittingt as they enter the casting, the same as in the patented construction referred to.

The faucet proper comprises a body portion or casting 1, provided with a bottom delivery spout or nozzle2, the latter corn m n a in wi h. a cen al pa s g or mix n oh mberfi extending up a to. Within a uita l dq anf fronithe P ne o the upper wall. of. the. oa t ng- D sposed each. see.

of the central ch mber 3 is. a. passag 4. form new s udentame.

lllll ing the reduced extension of a bottom chamber 4. From the rear of each chamber 4 leads a passage 5, the one on one side of the casting communicating with the syrupsupply pipe ;0, and that on the other communicating with the carbonated-water supply pipe p. The passages 4: communicate with the central chamber 3 through the short passages 6, 6 respectively, the passage 6 intended for the syrup being below and out of alinement with assage 6 toprevent the water which is un er pressure from passing into said passage 6. Against the annular shoulder 7 formed between the chamber 4 and passage 4 is normally seated the valve 8, being held to its seat by the spring 9 whose lower endrests in the socket of the screw plug 10 confined between the body of the casting 1 and the bottom plate with which the nozzle 2 is cast. These features however are well understood and form no part of the present invention. The stem 8 of each valve passes through the passage 4, the stem being made sufficiently small in cross-section to afford ample room for the free flow of the liquid around it. The stem terminates in a head 8 provided with a central stem 11' over which is slipped a compressible packing I ring 12, a cap-piece 13 being passed over the beinglocated at the outer end of the pocket stem and bearing against the packing ring for a purpose presently to appear. it ma be stated in passing that one valve 8 contro s the admission of the syru into the central chamber 3, whereas the ot er valve controls the flow of the carbonated water to the same chamber, the syrup and water being either admitted to said chamber simultaneously to secure the proper soda water mixture, or the syrup may be cut off, and only the water admitted and served as desired.

The manner of controlling the valves for the purposes indicated is as follows: Pivoted about a stud 14 projecting from the body 1, and held in lace by a nut 15, isan operatin lever 16 w rich oscillates in a horizonta plane, the lever terminating in an enlarged' circular head 17. In this respect it does not differ from the patented construction re ferred to. On the under side of the head 17 are formed two pockets 18,18 one end of the larger pocket 18 terminating in an abrupt wall 19' which determines the limit of the throw of the lever in one direction (Fig. 5). At the opposite end of the pocket 18 is a cam formation 20, a similar formation 20 18. At the inner end of the ppcket 18 is a cam formation 20'. By oscillating the lever from its normal or central position (Fig. 4) in the direction shown by the double arrows in said figure, the formation 20, 20 will" simultaneously ride over the ca -pieces 13 of the valves and simultaneous y depress both valves sufficiently to allow for the discharge ver' positioned for en of water. and syrup and at the same time compress the packing rings and thereby effect a tight 'oint. By however' oscillating the lever in t e opposite direction shown by the single arrow 1n Fig. 4, only the cam 20 (at the end of the shorter pocket 18) will engage its corres onding cap-piece, (which is the cap-piece oi the Water-controlling valve) and depress the Water-valve only (Fig. 5),-

the cap-piece of the syrup-valve occu ying by this time a position against the a rupt wall 19, (Fig. 5). So that with an oscillation of the lever in one direction we depress both valves, and with an oscillation in the opposite direction we depress but one valve, and that the water-controlling valve. This is done where the customer desires soda Without syrup.

Having described our invention what we claim is- 1. A faucet comprising a body portion chambered for the passage of syrup and water from suitable sources of supply, and having a discharge opening, valves for control-- ling the flow of the liquids to said discharge opening, an operating member, and formetlons on said member for actuating the rcs'pective valves conjointly by a movement of said member in one direction, and one of the valves only by a movement in a reverse direction, substantially as set forth.

2. A faucet comprising a body portion chambered for the passage of syru and water from suitable sources of so ply, a discharge nozzle, valves for controliin the flow of the liquids to the discharge nozz e, an operating member, and formations on said member for actuating the respective valves conjointly by a movement of said member in one direction in a given plane, and one of the valves only by a movement in an op osite direction in the same plane, substantla ly as set forth.

3. A faucet comprising a body portion chambered for the passage of syrup and wa, ter from suitable sources of supply, and having a discharge opening, valves for controllin the-flow of the liquids to said opening, an a pivoted o crating lever having formations positions to actuate the respective valves'conjointly by an oscillation of the lever in one direction in a given plane, and one of the valves only by an oscillation in an opposite direction in the same plane, substantially as set forth.

4. A faucet comprising a body portion chambered for the passage'of syrup and water from suitable sources of supply and having a discharge 0 ening, valves for controlling the flowof t 1e liquids to said opening, an operating lever ivoted in proximit to the valves and osci lating in a given plhne relatively to the direction of movement of the valves, and suitable formations on the aging and actuatin both the syrup-contro mg and, carbonated yen ' enpoe water-controlling valves for an oscillation of the lever in one direction in the plane of its movement, and the carbonatedavater controlling valve only, for an oscillation in the opposite direction in the same plane, sub r -'stant1ally as set forth.

'- 5. A faucet comprising a body )ortion chambered for the )as'sage of suitable liquids, and having adisc large opening, reciprocat ing valves mounted in t re body, terminal cap-pieces carried by the valves and nor-' mally exposed beyond the body portion of the faucet, means for engaging said" capr vpieces and forcing the valves toopen pos1 tions to permit of the discharge 0' the liq-' uids, pa'c ring rings carried by the valves and compressed by the cap-pieces while the latter are in contactwith'said engaging means, whereby we packing rings are driven into forcible contact with the walls of the passages in which the valves operate, and a tight joint is thereby assured,- substantially'as set forth 6; In a reciprocating valve mounted in said passage,

"a packing ring resting on the valve, a mo faucct having a suitable passage, a

" able cap-piece engaging the ring, and means for forcing the cap-piece against the ring for a movement of the valve in oned1rect1on',sub-

stantially as set forth.

7.- A faucet comprising a body portion chambered for the passage of syrup and water, a measurin chamber located outside the faucet for supp ying a predetermined quan tity of syrup to the faucet for a given discharge of the mixed liquids, and a'movable operating member on the faucet, and devices actuated by said operating member for either commingling the syrup and water during the flow of the syrup toward the discharge spout of the faucet, or permitting the discharge of JOHN J. FITZGIBBON. JoHN M. TRAVIS,

Witnesses; 1

EMIL STAREK, MARY D. WHITCOMB. 

